Pageant of the Gun: A Treasury of Stories of Firearms: their romance and lore, development and use through ten centuries
by Harold L. Peterson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Book. Illus. by Photographs and Drawings. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/none, used hc, 352 pages. Brown colored cloth over boards with black and gilt text on spine; minor edge wear; tips slightly frayed, minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Interior pages clean, unmarked, no highlighting. Binding is tight..
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- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013825
- Title
- Pageant of the Gun: A Treasury of Stories of Firearms: their romance and lore, development and use through ten centuries
- Author
- Harold L. Peterson
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Harold L. Peterson, Firearms, Guns, Bayonets, Knives, American History, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition, Wars
Terms of Sale
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
Biblio member since 2012
TORRINGTON, Wyoming
About PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC
We specialize in western history, gun knife and hunting titles. Also try to stock Wyoming history titles. We have a walk-in store on US Hwy 26/85 the most direct route to Fort Laramie National History site..We have what I think is the largest seleciton of weapons titles in SE Wyoming, both new and used. Always looking for good used weapons titles.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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- Countries & Cultures North America United States Americana
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Hobbies & Crafts Collecting Numismatics Weapons
- Hobbies & Crafts Collecting Numismatics Guns
- Sports & Games Hunting, Fishing & Shooting Hunting
- Military & Military History Weapons
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